Oriental (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. Usually Oriental .
    • of, relating to, or characteristic of the Orient or the East, typically East Asia; Eastern: The living room had a gorgeous Oriental rug.In the late 1950s, the university began offering degrees in Oriental philosophy.
    • (of a person or group of people) being from the East, typically East Asia; Asian.
  2. of the orient, or the eastern region of the world or heavens: oriental countries;stars in the oriental sky.
  3. belonging to a geographical division comprising southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as and including the Philippines, Borneo, and Java: This genera has twelve Oriental species, and two Australian ones.
  4. Also Oriental .Jewelry.
    • designating various gems that are varieties of corundum: oriental aquamarine; oriental ruby.
    • fine or precious; orient: oriental agate; oriental garnet.
    • designating certain natural saltwater pearls found especially in Asia.
noun
  1. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
adjective
  1. another word for eastern Compare occidental
adjective
  1. of or relating to the Orient
  2. of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of southeastern Asia from India to Borneo, Java, and the Philippines
noun
  1. a breed of slender muscular cat with large ears, long legs, and a long tail
  2. an inhabitant, esp a native, of the Orient
Oriental (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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